EDITOR UPDATE: This post is out of date. Judge Karlin reverted to her original ruling in In re Law after the Pearson decision was vacated. This issue is currently pending the the U.S. Court for the Tenth Circuit so we should have a binding ruling soon. December 13, 2009.
Topeka Bankruptcy Judge Janice Miller Karlin announced [...]
The bankruptcy judges in Kansas have approved new language for all chapter 13 confirmation orders that will put an end to the abusive practice of secretly adding fees to a debtor’s mortgage loan balance.
No real estate creditor shall ever assess, charge or collect, from either the debtor or the real estate collateral, any assessments, fees, [...]
The Kansas income guidelines for the bankruptcy means test go up February 1, 2008.
Kansas Median Family Income by Family Size for Bankruptcy Cases Filed on or After February 1, 2008,
1 earner……….$38,594
2 persons……..$52,989
3 persons …….$58,075
4 persons …….$69, 831
5 persons …….$76,731
6 persons [...]
Richard A. Wieland has been named U.S. Trustee for Region 20, which covers Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Wieland has been serving as acting Region 20 U.S. Trustee since September 1, 2007. He is familiar to the Kansas bankruptcy bar, having been a trial lawyer in the Wichita office since 1988. When [...]
Did you know Walt Disney’s Missouri company, Laugh O Gram Films, Inc., was forced into bankruptcy in Kansas City on October 4, 1923? Fellow blogger, Rachel Foley of www.kcbankruptcy.com, and lover of all things Disney, proudly displays the bankruptcy documents in her office.
As Rachel says, “Walt went into bankruptcy with Oswald the [...]
The U.S. Trustee has stopped auditing debtors in bankruptcy cases. The Executive Office of the U.S. Trustee says Congress did not fund the budget for the audits in the 2008 appropriations bill. Alternate funding is being sought so the audits can resume, the EOUST reports.
This is good news for debtors whose advocates testified [...]
